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_______ Shirley
married ________
children:
1(i). William Shirley, esq of London and Lisbon born
about 1734; died at Lisbon in 1811, age 77.
1811 Deaths Abroad - At Lisbon,
where he had resided since 1762, William Shirley, Esq. in the
77tb year of his age.
1811 PCC Will of William Shirley of Lisbon , Portugal 13
June 1811 PROB 11/1523 If my decease takes place in Lisbon my
wish is that my body be intered at Copo santo Lisbon that my
nephew Samuel Shirley will [ ] after my decease. To my nephew
Samuel Shirley and wife Elizabeth. To Mr Williams McAndrew. To
my daughter Mary McAndrew married to [James] McAndrew living
in Elgin Morrayshire north Britain my heir and only chold to
her and her children the whole of my property inteh Bank of England
etc. wit: Michael Byron, Abraham Wheelhouse, Patrick Byron. 11/1523
Probated 13 June 1811.
married 1) Mary
married 2) Mary Barnett/Barker on 8 Dec 1772 at St
George Parish, Lisbon Portugal
children:
2(i). Mary Shirley b 20 Jan 1765 at St George Parish,
Lisbon Portugal, only surviving child and heir; She married James
McAndrews and was living in Elgin Morrayshire, Scotland
2(ii). William Shirley "the younger" of Walworth
Surrey; born about 1752 "near London"; He died 1810,
age 58
1810 The Gentleman's Magazine Vol 107 Obituaries - Feb
16 1810 - While calling on a friend, William Shirley, esq. of
Walworth, late of Lisbon, in the 58th year of his age.
1810 PCC Will of William Shirley "the younger"
of Walworth , Surrey 06 February 1810 PROB 11/1508 residing at
Walworth and born near London. To my first cousin all my effects
at Lisbon in Portugal. To my beloved wife Elizabeth. Father William
Shirley now residing in the city of Lisbon Portugal. Sister Mary
McAndrews. Dated 22 Jun 1809.
married Elizabeth ________
1(ii). Francis Shirley of
Co York England
married Elizabeth Yates, widow (nee Codman) on 1 Mar
1778 at Bradford Yorkshire
children:
2(i). Samuel Codnam Shirley, esq. chr April 1779, at
St Mary Whitechapel Stepney Middlesex; His residence at the time
of his second marriage in 1823 was identified as Lyncombe and
Widcombe, just outside Bath Somerset. He died at Lisbon 27 November
1847, age 68. buried British Cem, Lisbon (Ed: the pedigree
says Samuel was born 1800, so do we have two Samuel Shirleys
in this lineage?)
3 Jul 1793 London Freedom of City Papers - Samuel Shirley
son of Francis Shirley late of Whitechapel gunsmith dec'd - James
Mcandrew, master
1847 Dec 7 Daily News pg 3 - PORTUGAL - This morning again
the Tagus, the scene of the past day's amusement, witnessed a
melancholy event, by the upsetting of a boat, by which one of
our oldest and most respected British residents lost his life,
a Mr Samuel Shirley, for nearly half a century the principal
boat builder and shipwright in Lisbon
married 1) Elizabeth ______ She died 1819
1819 Gentleman's Magazine - Deaths - May 3 at Lisbon, Elizabeth
Shirley wife of Samuel Shirley, esq.
married 2) Eleanor Derbyshire on 8 Sep 1823 at the
St Peters Seel Street RC church in Liverpool (also at St James
Bath, Somerset) (pedigree says Leonor Maria at Liverpool)
She died St George Church Lisbon on 5 October 1842 age 47
buried cem D4
1823 Sep 8 Lyncombe and Widcombe Parish, Somerset. Marriage
between Samuel Codnam Shirley of Lyncombe and Widcombe Parish,
Somerset widower to Eleanor Mary Derbyshire, spinster of Lyncombe
and Widcombe Parish; Wit: Edward Newport, Hannah Derbyshire
Also Note:
14 October 1823 Orchard Street Catholic Chapel, Bath Somerset.
Marriage between Elizabeth Shirley widow of Lyncombe and Widcombe
Parish and Edward Newport of Walcot Somerset; Witnesses Jas House,
Hannah Derbyshire
children:
3(i). William Henry Shirley born c. 1820
married Mary Frances O'Connor on 10 Nov 1841 at Lisbon
3(ii). Edward Newport Shirley born 30 Jan 1825 at Lisbon
married Maria Isabel O'Connor on 19 Mar 1850 at Lisbon
children: (surname includes mother/father in
Portuguese tradition)
4(i). Maria Henriqueta O'Connor Shirley She married
Antonio Pereira
4(ii). Joseph (Jose) Edward O'Connor Shirley born at
Lisbon 29 April 1853. He died at Lisbon on 26 January 1903 at
the age of 49
"When 18 years of age he went to London where he volenteered
in the British Army in 1872, in the artillery, and later on rereturn
to Libon where he married Elvira Amalia de Lima daugher of a
Portuguese general. He died at Lisbon the 26th January 1903 at
the age of 49"
married Elvira Amalia de Lima daughter of a Portuguese
general.
children:
5(i). Maria Helena Lima O'Connor Shirley born 10 October
1885. Apparently she married Armando de Freitas Zuzarte Cortesao
5(ii). Carlos Lima O'Connor Shirley born 30 May 1887,
baptism 22 July 1887 at Santa Isabel Lisbon
married Angelina Mello de Azevedo Gomes on 25 March
1910 at the parish of Lapa Lisbon
5(iii). Guilherme de Lima O'Connor Shirley born 21
November 1888. He entered the port of New York USA on 26 December
1917, age 38 (sic), occupation merchant, last residence Lisbon
Portugal, mother: Elivra Shirley, Lisbon; Immigration records
stated he was to be employed by Dundas Wiborg & Co at 90
Broad Street (note: a city directory confirms the company as
sardine importers, HQ at Lisbon Portugal); He and his wife Lucienne
were residents at 247 W 116th St New York NY USA when required
to register for the US Army draft on 9 October 1918, he was age
29 at the time, a non-declared alien of the USA, still employed
by Dundas Wiborg & Co of 90 Broad Street; He was alive in
October 1951 and living at Lourenzo Marque Mozambique, Portuguese
East Africa. (author of a family pedigree which is abstracted
below)
married Lucienne Refour on 26 August 1918 at New York,
NY USA; She was born 1892 at Blois France, daughter of Charles
Refour and wife Julienne Morean (source: marriage rec)
4(iii). Guilherme de Lima O'Connor Shirley born about
1870 (Ed: de Lima is shown in his marriage record, but why?
Is 'de Lima' correct in his name, possibly confused with the
above whose mother was a 'de Lima')
married Margarida Emília Bello e Carneiro on
28 January 1909 at the parish of Lapa Lisbon
children:
5(i). José (Joseph) Anthony Carneiro O'Connor Shirley
born 1909 in the English civil registration district of Watford
Hertfordshire; He immigrated to Sao Paulo Brazil in 1942 (parents
named in immigration record, his nationality "English")
5(ii). Maria de Lourdes Carneiro O'Connor Shirley ,
emigrou para São Paulo em 1924 smn
4(iv). Ricardo O'Connor Shirley born about 1865
married Leonor Cassar Pecquet dos Anjos
children:
5(i). Miguel Maria Anjos O' Connor Shirley born 25
April 1900; He immigrated through the port of New York NY in
April 1941, married, age 40, was working as an Assistant Purser
on the ship SS Guine; He is possibly deceased by 10 February
1979 when an inheritance tax record was created by the Ministry
of Finance in Lisbon with his name. Residence at the time 193
Rua dos Soeiros, Lisbon
married Fernanda de Sá Antunes
3(iii). Lewis Shirley born 31 January 1832 son of Samuel
and Eleanor Mary
Thanks to Jose for sending a photo of this family pendant,
supposedly passed down through the generations
EMAIL: "My mother received a ring ,a medallion and
a sinet from Guilherme O'Connor Shirley who always told she was
descendent from an english important and noble Family and also
very important and noble Irish."
Upon hours of investigation, it was determined the "quartered"
arms are those of the ancient and aristocratic Shirley family
of Ettington, but as Baronets, prior to their rise to the Earldom
Pendant
An old color rendering
of the pendant image
(note, the small shield, with hand, located in the very center
historically refered to 'baronet' status)
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1. Shirley of Ettington *
2. Waldershef *
3. Basset of Drayton *
4. Ridel *
* ancient arms as shown on the "Great Shirley
Pedigree" of 1632
(source: Stemmata Shirleiana)
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5. Broase of Bramber *
6. De la Ward *
7. Milo Earl of Hereford *
8. Newmarch *
Some mis-coloring of arms has
occurred
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9. unidentified
10. Bavent *
11. Wistoneston *
12. unidentified
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13. Basset of Blore *
14. Ridel (again) *
15. Brailsford *
16. Twyford *
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[1951 Abstracted from the handwritten pedigree of Guilherme
de Lima O'Connor Shirley, b 1888, living Mozambique]
Fanny Catherin Osborne m. Dr. Richard Dominick O'Connor, son
of John O'Connor and Lady Catherine Bligh of Carrick or Shannon
Ireland. O'Connor commanded the Portugese in Portugal under Lord
Wellington against the French > Elizabeth O'Connor born 22
Dec 1820 bap at Kilckrony Clonfort Ireland. She married Edward
Newport Shirley at Lisbon where she was educated under the care
of Queen Carlota Joaqina of Portugal. Edward Newport Shirley
was son of Samuel Shirley, who in turn was son of Francis Shirley
co. York. this Francis Shirley was married to Elizabeth Yates
on 1st March 1778, a widow whose maiden name was Elizabeth Codman.
Samuel Shirley died at Lisbon 27th Nov 1847 at the age of 68
and is buried in the British Cemetery. > Joseph Edward O'Connor
Shirley born at Lisbon 29th April 1853 [Ed: s/o Edw N. Shirley]
. When 18 years of age he went to London where he volenteered
in the British Army in 1872, in the artillery, and later on rereturn
to Libon where he married Elvira Amalia de Lima daugher of a
Portuguese general. He died at Lisbon the 26th January 1903 at
the age of 49 > Guilherme de Lima O'Connor Shirley, born 21st
Nov 1888 married Lucienne Refour both still living at present
(October 1951) at Lourenzo Marque Mozambique, Portuguese East
Africa. He lectures at the local technical college. (this is
the writer)
Another earlier London merchant in Lisbon (related?)
Dictionary of National Biography SHIRLEY, WILLIAM
(fl. 1739-1780), dramatist, was a merchant who for many years
was engaged in business in Portugal. In 1753 he had a violent
dispute with the English consul at Lisbon, which resulted in
his being ordered by the Portuguese government to quit the country
within five days. From that time he resided in London, though
he occasionally went abroad, and even revisited Portugal, where
he narrowly escaped with his life in the great earthquake of
1755. He was esteemed an authority on affairs of trade and international
commerce. He wrote several letters in the ' Daily Gazetteer,'
signed ' Lusitanicus,' on the relations of Portugal and Great
Britain, and was the author of some observations on the currency,
printed in Sir William Browne's ' Proposal on our Coin ' (nichols,
Lit. Aneed. iii. 328); and of' Observations on a Pamphlet lately
published concerning a Portuguese Conspiracy,' London, 1759,
8vo.
Shirley devoted some of his leisure to lighter literary work,
and wrote many plays; but his dramatic talent was small. His
earliest play was a tragedy called ' The Parricide,' which appeared
at Covent Garden on 17 Jan. 1739. A preconcerted riot on the
first night assured its failure. After another fiasco, he wrote
' Edward the Black Prince,' which appeared at Drury Lane on 6
Jan. 1750; Garrick took the part of Edward, but Barry, in that
of Lord Ribemont, a French nobleman, gained for the piece what
measure of success it attained. Shirley soon after quarrelled
with Garrick, and revenged himself in 1758 by printing a pamphlet
entitled ' Brief Remarks on the original and present State of
the Drama,' with a humorous dialogue called ' Hecate's Prophecy,'in
which Garrick was castigated under the name of Roscius.
He also published: 1.' King Pepin's Campaign,' a burlesque
opera, London, 1755, 8vo ; acted at Drury Lane on 15 April 1745.
2. ' Electra,' a tragedy, London, 1765,4to; prohibited by thelord
chamberlain. 3. 'TheBirth of Hercules,' a masque, London, 1765,
4to.
The following plays by him were not printed: 1. ' The Roman
Sacrifice,' a tragedy, acted at Drury Lane on 18 Dec. 1777. 2.
'The Roman Victim,' a tragedy. 3.' Alcibiades,' a tragedy. 4.'
Henry II,' in two parts, historical tragedies. 5. ' The Fall
of Carthage,' historical tragedy. 6. 'All Mistaken,' a comedy.
7. 'The Good Englishman,' a burlesque opera. 8. 'Fashionable
Friendship,' a burlesque opera. 9. ' The Shepherd's Courtship,'
a musical pastoral.
[Author's Works; Baker's Biogr. Dram. i. 668 ; Davies's Memoirs
of Garrick, i. 277; Genest's Hist, of the Stage, iii. iv. v.
vi. x. passim ; Daily Advertiser, 17-J9, No. 5H5.] E. I. C.
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